Grayson and Luke: W&M Girls Weekend 2010

I am blessed with amazing girlfriends. I have been one of the fortunate few who have been lucky enough to maintain friendships with some of my best college girlfriends throughout the years. We began college 17 years ago together this month. Five of us have always gotten together at least once a year, but this year we were able to enjoy a larger group with 3 of our other sorority sisters joining us! It was a fabulous weekend! We decided on a relaxing weekend in wine country (not Sonoma but rather the Wintergreen area - fit the budget a little better :-) We lucked out with Clare's aunt owning a condo at Wintergreen and were able to stay there for the weekend. We also got lucky (well, actually technically I guess Schmiel was the one who got lucky - wink, wink) when we found out Schmiel was pregnant and could, therefore, be our designated driver! I think we have yet to take a trip without someone being pregnant. Not sure what we're going to do for drivers after we all finish having babies. Our only regret for the weekend is that it just might not have been long enough. But many thanks to the mothers and husbands who kept our children while we went out and had fun!

We started the trip at Blenheim (Dave Matthew's vineyard). Dave was popular when we began school together so I think more than anything we were all just curious. In retrospect this was actually my favorite of the ones we visited. Very laid back. Good wine, I thought. Not very commercial.

Here we are: (from left) Emily, Juliet, Clare, Jen, Kelly, Cathy, Kim, Jenn Schmiel

Dinner at the golf club at Wintergreen.

A few girls decided to go on a real hike Saturday morning. Kim, Juliet, and I decided to go check out the shops in the village. So....we followed the signs to the village. I think we probably should have just donned our hiking boots and tagged along with the other group because here was the "shortest and most scenic route" to the village from our condo: